bodecea
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- #61
^continues to show ignorance of the Federal system of government.Number disprove the theory. Gallup poll shows more than 60% of american support gay marriage.
SCOTUS did not create new law, it said that gays can not be denied the same rights as other couples to get married.
Marriage is a government issue not a religious one. Licenses are not issued by the church but the government. Where and how they choose to perform the marriage is up to the couple.
A church cannot stop a couple being wed by a judge in a civil ceremony or by another church that does not object.
Taxes, benefits, rights are not give by the church but by the state. What a particular church thinks is irrelevant. Constitutionally gays have a right to get married and get the same rights as other married couples.
They cannot be treated differently from other people.
where is it written that marriage is a government issue? . some have called because of all this MESS it Creates and it was RIGHT off the bat before the states could even respond that government be taken out of it
Licenses are not issued by the church but by the government. Licenses have been required since the 17th C. Most states have a 6 day waiting period between the issuing date and the marriage ceremony itself, civil or religious. Licenses are valid for up to 60 days after being issued. Blood tests are also required many times.
Marriage, birth and deaths records are all controlled by the government. Now it also controls SS#, taxes and medical as well as driver's and ID cards, immigration and green cards.
With all the various faiths, civil and common law marriages, the church(s) could not and should not be the sole controllers of unions.
yes that's true. I'm just still upset how all this was brought down on us (and its not about them marrying I'm talking about) and I don't know how the SC can just overstep states rights and all of the citizens rights who live in the states. I don't know where it's going. but I especially don't like this turn of having someone put in jail over it. We'll see I guess